Patti Smith "Horses" 2025-04-12 Greg Kurstin

Greg Kurstin

Produced by Sam Guaiana [The Devil Wears Prada

crudely played rock & roll

but never a stylistic tribute to some bygone era

The Chicago band’s eighth studio album will arrive on March 24

Patti Smith "Horses" 2025-04-12 Greg KurstinIt anticipated the new wave by a year or so: the simple, crudely played rock & roll, featuring Lenny Kaye's rudimentary guitar work, the anarchic spirit of Smith's vocals, and the emotional and imaginative nature of her lyrics all prefigure the coming movement as it evolved on both sides of the Atlantic. Smith is a rock critic's dream, a poet as steeped in '60s garage rock as she is in French Symbolism; Land carries on from The Doors' The End, while